Holder for ink-wells.



C. KRICKE.

HOLDER Foa INK WELLS.

APPLICATION FILED APRA, 1911.

1,042,353. A Patented 0@t.22,1912.

WTNESSES M/l/ENTH marien ,KMO/26 @NEE l CHARLES KRICKE, OF BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS.

HOLDER FOR INK-WELLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 4, 1911.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

Serial No. 618,801.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES Knicks, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Beardstown, in the county of Cass and State of lllinois, have invented a new and lmproved Holder for Ink-Wells, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to holders for inkwells of the kind used more particularly in connection with school desks, having a vertical opening in its top into which the well is set in a position bringing the top of the well flush with the desk top, and the bottom of the well extending into the receptacle or drawer located below the desk top. In the arrangement of the ink-well as just described, there is more or less chance of the ink spilling and spreading over the desk top, or the ink flowing over the side of the well and do-wn through the opening in the desk top into the receptacle or drawer.

An object of the invention is to provide means to hold an ink-well of the ordinary construction now commonly used in school desks, and to so position the well as to bring its top below the surface of the desk top, thereby preventing the spilling and spreading of ink on the top of the desk.

A furt-her object lof the invention is to provide means whereby any spilled ink or surplus ink overflowing on filling the well may be caught and retained in the bottom of the holder and prevented from passing to the receptacle or drawer below, thereby protecting the books or papers contained in the receptacle or drawer.

The invention consists of novel features and parts, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claim.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a portion of a desk top partly broken away, showing my improved holder in position; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the holder; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a desk, showing the holder in place.

The holder A, preferably made of metal in the form of a cup, hasa cylindrical body portion 5 provided at its upper edge with an outwardly extending flange 6 adapted to rest on the top of the desk top B to support the holder A in the opening 7 of the desk top B, and the holder is also provided with a bottom 8 to arrest and retain any ink in the lower port-ion of the cup-shaped body that may spill or overflow from the well.

The inner surface of the body port-ion of the holder is provided with lugs 10 for the flanges of the ink well 11 to rest on, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the said lugs being located a suitable distance from the top of the holder to bring the top of the well, when placed in the holder, below the surface of the top flange 6'. The lugs are arranged in a horizontal plane and equally spaced apart, their inner ends engaging the side of the well 11 just below the flange, thereby holding the well concentrically within the holder and providing a space between the inner face of the holder and the periphery of the ange and the side of the well, to permit spilledl ink to pass to the bottoni of the holder. The lugs 10 are arranged with respect to the top and bottom of the holder, to provide a space above the well and a space between the bottom of the well and the bottom of the holder, the latter space to receive any ink that may spill or overflow, and the said space may be filled with absorbing material or a disk of absorbing material may be placed at the bottom of the holder to absorb the spilledl ink.

From the foregoing description, it will be readily understood that the well is so posi tioned within the holder as to be spaced from the latter above, below and around its side. In the bottom of the holder and below the well is placed a disk 15 of suitable absorbing material to absorb any ink that may nd its way through the space 13 and drop to the bottom of the holder. In addition to supporting the holder in the opening of the desk top, the holder is rigidly secured to the desk top, by screws 16, 17 or other suitable means, the screws passing through holes 18, 18 in the flange 6 of the holder and into the desk top B. The screw 16 performs the function of a pivot for the cover 20 of the holder. The cover 2O when in its open position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, completely uncovers the open end of the holder, thereby giving access to the entire mouth or open end of the well for the purpose of lling the well or dipping a pen. The cover is provided near its outer edge and opposite the pivotal point 16 with a knob 2l.

It will be understood that I do not confine myself to the cylindrical form of the holder, as any polygonal holder may be adapted suitable to the exterior form of the well.

F rom the arrangement described, it will be obvious that from the position of the well in the holder, with the cover of the holder in an open position, the well can be readily filled, as the entire open end or mouth of the well is exposed. Should, however, through carelessness in pouring ink into the well, some of the ink strike the flange of the well, the spilled ink will flow over the sides of the well and through the space provided between its sides and the holder to the bottom of the holder, there to be absorbed by the material within the holder and supported by the bottom of the holder preventing ink from dropping into the receptacle or drawer of the desk.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

vproviding space above, below and around the sides of the well to permit spilt ink to flow to the bottom of the holder, a cover pivotally connected to the flange of the holder and adapted to swing outwardly in a horizontal plane to uncover the open end of the holder, and absorbing material in the holder supported by the bottom of the holder' and spaced from the bottom of the well.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES KRICKE.

lVitnesses:

ADAM RUPPEL, WILLIAM F. GUELKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

